10 NYC Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

NEW YORK, NY — Here are the 10 biggest stories from across NYC between Monday, March 6, and Sunday, March 12, as reported by Patch editors from our 28 neighborhood news sites.

Hundreds Change Their Gender On NYC Birth Certificates

After the city made it easier for transgender New Yorkers to apply for a record change.

DOJ Asks Obama's 46 U.S. Attorneys To Resign; Preet Bharara Refuses, Forces Trump To Fire Him

Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions had previously asked Manhattan's dogged U.S. Attorney to stick around.

Brooklyn Landlord Still Won't Explain Why He Cut Off 80-Year-Old Woman's Heat

Last week, Chananya Gold continued to ignore our questions about why his tenants at 80 New York Ave. haven't had heat for two years. This time, he even hung up on us.

'Unprecedented' Surge In NYC Threats Against Jews, City Officials Say

"We have not seen anything like this in many years — this level of hatred directed against the Jewish community, this many threats," NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said last week.

NYC Public Housing Will Lose At Least $35M Under Trump Cuts, Might Not 'Exist' Soon

At best, federal funding cuts to NYCHA would mean slower repairs and less programming at housing projects across the NYC, city officials say.

Feds Block NYC From Releasing Russian Ambassador's Cause Of Death

Vitaly Churkin, a veteran Russian diplomat, dropped dead at age 64 last month during a day at work in Russia's United Nations building on the Upper East Side. Now, the U.S. State Department has ordered city officials to keep his autopsy under wraps.

200 Weapons Seized In Brooklyn's Biggest-Ever Gun Bust

"We charged more defendants and recovered more firearms than in any other case in Brooklyn’s history," the Brooklyn DA says.

DNAinfo Buys Gothamist

New York billionaire Joe Ricketts says the new DNAinfo-Gothamist hybrid will be the world's "most potent online source of neighborhood news."

'Vandalized' Jewish Cemetery Actually Just Old And Falling Apart, NYPD Detectives Say

Still, some South Brooklyn leaders continue to suspect foul play.

2 Stabbed Near Brooklyn Gay Club In Hate Attack, Cops Say

The two victims had just emerged from Langston Night Club on Atlantic Avenue, according to the NYPD.

Lead photo courtesy of the Brooklyn DA's Office